Howard vs Longton

A side-by-side comparison of Howard and Longton: population, income, housing, and more.

Howard and Longton are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howard has the higher population (553 vs 286 in Longton). Howard has the higher median household income ($53,125 vs $40,938 in Longton). Howard has the higher median home value ($53,400 vs $36,000 in Longton).

Population, income & housing

	Howard	Longton
Population	553	286
Median age	38.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$40,938
Median home value	$53,400	$36,000
Median gross rent	$447	—
Housing units	383	169
Homeownership rate	72.4%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howard	Longton
Population	602 → 553 (-8.1%)	340 → 286 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$34,191 → $53,125 (+55.4%)	$30,625 → $40,938 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $53,400 (+3.9%)	$28,200 → $36,000 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$379 → $447 (+17.9%)	$473 → $625 (+32.1%)

Howard

Population

602553

Median household income

$34,191$53,125

Median home value

$51,400$53,400

Median gross rent

$379$447

Longton

Population

340286

Median household income

$30,625$40,938

Median home value

$28,200$36,000

Median gross rent

$473$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howard	Longton
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.7%
75 and over	13.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howard	Longton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howard	Longton
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.4%
High school graduate	45.0%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howard	Longton
Drove alone	76.7%	92.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howard	Longton
1-unit, detached	74.7%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Howard	Longton
Poverty rate	23.2%	17.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1960	1955